The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

Every now and then, something like a building covered in vines can be seen in the corner of the camera frame.Over the long years, they have been covered with dust, and then the dust gradually accumulates and turns into soil, and plants climb up, making them look like small hills or mounds.Be it roads or various other artificial traces, after their owners left and various maintenance facilities shut down one after another, they were quickly replaced by living creatures.

It doesn't matter what those living creatures were, or not what they were.

The interference also gradually became stronger, and the range of the sensor was squeezed very close, but fortunately, the communication was not affected.

【Boss!The interference here is a compound type of interference. ] A technical boy said in the communication shortly after the MS team entered the fog [The fall of the dark worm broke the crust here, and some energy pipelines were destroyed, and the leaked energy was mixed with the spiritual energy of the dark worm and gathered in the Here, these fogs are formed - if we don't have a way to complete the analysis of the nature of the energy, it will be difficult for the radar's detection waves to break through the interference... They are almost everywhere. 】

[Are you sure it's the dark worm's psionic power?It has been dead for 10 years. 】

[OK, because I found the dark worm's psionic waveform characteristics in it,] the technical boy uploaded the data chart to the mothership [Note that the section from 2447 to 6533 I marked is in line with the dark worm's psionic waveform The fourth and seventh feature arcs. 】

【It really is……】

Strong psykers are themselves high-strength and high-precision psychic sensors, but relying on feeling is always unstable.For example, Colonel Shana Aznable, a magical girl from the Federation, has never been able to figure out the psychic reactions of several of her allies, and she has appeared more than once in the communication channel——

'Amuro Ray?No... Lala Sim? '

Then there is Alarak who will never be able to distinguish between Dark Rock and Zeratul. Artanis will still mistake 76's psionic reaction for Kerrigan, and there are still a lot of psykers who can't tell the difference only by perception Hell demons and elite guards.Therefore, all psykers on the battlefield will be equipped with special equipment to monitor and identify psychic reactions. Excellent detection skills combined with digital comparison are the only way to ensure stability and accuracy.

When the part that can prove its identity in a psionic reaction is very weak, only accurate data comparison can reveal its identity.

"The data is correct, but it's been 10 years..." Oregana frowned, her lips pursed tightly, "If she was dead long ago, why did she have a spiritual reaction? How could it just lie there for 10 years without moving? This is too strange."

"You won't know until later."

The four continued to move forward, and several AI-controlled drones took the lead in flying into the depths of the fog. Afterwards, they would follow the preset procedures and the control of simple AI to lower their heights for aerial photography and scanning, and keep track of the direction the MS team is heading. Correction.

As you get deeper, the surrounding environment becomes strange.That is the appearance after being corroded by the dark worm.The ground turned dark brown, and fungi with small eyeballs at the end of the stipe protruded from the ground, growing carefree.The plants became twisted and collapsed like clumps of tentacles, and the air sacs beneath them contracted in bursts, spewing some kind of polluted spores into the sky, forming a yellowish cloud around them.

This is completely different from the process of dark worms eroding the planet observed in the past.The large group of 'carrier-based aircraft' units that occupy an important position and are almost a symbol of the dark worms did not appear here at all.

That's all.

Everything stayed at this inexplicable stage. If the sound of the engine was excluded, there was only silence around.Alienated plants, damp and dark land, and those dark and heavy fogs.They just quietly entrenched in a corner of the former forerunner's capital, giving people a feeling that if no one took care of them, they could continue to exist like this for another 10 years.

Coupled with the huge 'wall' in front that can no longer judge the distance, almost filling the entire field of vision, if you don't look up, you can't see the giant 'wall' in the sky, the atmosphere here is only weird and heavy... It's like the whole world In this way, he pressed himself.If it is an ordinary person, just staying here will have to pass the mental appraisal all the time, right?

But the clone fighters who have completed tough psychology and even retrained don’t care about it. They can now barbecue on Hell Planet, catch snails in Black Vortex Town, hug Fu Jiang with one hand and grab their own human head balloon in the fish school on the streets of Okinawa. Walk Xiantaro - only Tomie and Xiantaro's SAN value will drop during this process.

In the galloping Great Demon Cavalry, Oregana observed the surroundings, using a large number of thought threads to continuously process the image data:

"If it was a movie, we would already be surrounded by swarming bugs right now?"

[Indeed,] Scythe of War nodded in agreement [It's too quiet here, I feel like I'm not next to the dark worm's corpse...]

【Probably they have adjusted their combat power to...】

[After the halo is launched, what kind of combat power is there!All go to hell! 】

【If you really go to hell, it will be troublesome. I'm afraid the Doom Warriors will have to fight the forerunner demons over there...】

There are some others in the communication channel... But even so, this group of people is still conducting body operations and intelligence analysis with at least three threads of thought. This is probably a stunt that only reformers can achieve.Sure enough, whether the transformed person will be sad or not depends on the purpose and technology of the transformation... (far eye)

"There is a feeling that the background is finished, but no monsters are put in, and only a map is placed in the download interface."

【You feel too weird...】

The scythe of war hadn't finished speaking, and his gaze suddenly froze.He retracted the pedal, and at the same time made the body take a landing cushioning posture through the neural link.

The four Great Demon Cavalry simultaneously slowed down suddenly.

The inertial stabilization system absorbed the impact, and there was a muffled vibration from the joints. The heavy mechanical feet of the Great Demon Cavalry stepped into the wet soil. Water splashed all over for a while, and the water vapor burst out to form a white mist.If it is a weak early MS, probably the joints have been broken together with the legs.Oregana took a deep breath, bit her lips lightly, and the sudden sound of the approaching siren made people headache.

Something is approaching in the fog. It walks through the dense fog—it is quite big, it is almost as high as the waist of the Great Demon Cavalry on the ground, and its length is completely undetectable. It goes deep into the fog. long.The thing snaked across the ground like a giant snake, its shell rubbing against the ground and the twisted plants, making a wet rustle like a wet sack of fish being dragged around on a rainy asphalt road like to go.

Oregana raised the beam machine gun in her hand to aim at that side, but did not fire rashly.It is a very dangerous behavior to attack at will when the situation is unknown.From the image fed back by the fire control system, she saw that the thing overwhelmed a tentacle tree, swung sideways, and then raised its head high in the fog, as if sniffing something.In this way, it was lifted up hundreds of meters into the air, standing up abruptly like a flagpole, staggering in the mist for a few seconds, and then fell to the ground with a dull and loud sound.

The ground shook slightly, followed by a wet friction sound.But because the distance is closer, it may have been stimulated. The thing that was sliding slowly accelerated, and quickly retracted into the mist with a rattling sound... I don’t know if it is running away, or it seems to be hunting. The target is like a snake, sneaking into the bunker and waiting for an opportunity to attack.

"What?" Oregana's muzzle followed the 'snake' until the two sides broke contact.

She tried to perceive the possible emotions of the other party, but the emotional reaction around here was only the nervousness of the three teammates-it was almost the same as herself.She felt that her throat was a little dry, and her heart beat faster:

"The drone didn't capture anything..."

[I am lowering the altitude of the drone, and the fog ahead is getting thicker. 】

The main camera on the head of the Scythe of War turned to the two sides, and several big demon cavalry opened the distance and formed a battle formation.

Large creatures are not necessarily aggressive. For example, a blue whale with a body length of 33 meters and a weight of 180 tons is very gentle.But no matter what their personalities are, the destructiveness brought about by their huge size and mass still exists.For example, in the incident at the end of last year, a cargo ship was hit by a wandering void whale when it finished jumping, and a large hole of more than 30 meters was directly smashed into the hull, killing one person and injuring seven people. One of the worst accidents so far.

What's more, this is the 'control area' of the dark worm, so you have to be more careful.In the sky hundreds of kilometers away, the main guns on the bottom of the Very Leopard are ready. As long as the following orders are issued, the four people can be quickly brought back and then quickly evacuated from the scene - only one battleship and one It's a stupid thing to confront a heavy aircraft carrier-class dark worm head-on, even if the opponent can't move.

At this moment, the drone in front had landed to a height of tens of meters, and the picture under the fog suddenly became clear.

Before, everyone thought that there was only black and wet swamps infested by dark worms, with no signs of complex life.But that's a fundamentally wrong perception... There is an extremely exaggerated biome here, so exaggerated that it looks like a madman's nightmare after taking hallucinogens.

Intertwined?

This is a good word, Oregana couldn't find a better word to describe the general situation of this hell drawing.An extremely large number of earthworm-like things—just like the one I saw just now—occupied the ground layer by layer, like a huge box of bait being dumped whole on the ground.Most of the 'earthworms' are not moving, but when the drone is approaching, they still seem to feel the roar of the engine and the vibration of the air, and several of them raised their 'heads' in the direction of the drone .

At this moment, the drone took a clear picture——

It didn't have any organs, its appearance was as rough as a stone, and the blunt round end was covered with mud. It couldn't even be regarded as a 'head' or any sensory organs.At the same time, they were not strong enough, and they couldn't last a few seconds after they were barely lifted up, and then fell down staggeringly. The posture was not so much a whip pulled to the ground as a felled giant log.

The impact caused a 'ripple' on the ground.The giant 'earthworm' that was impacted shrank a few times, and the ripples gradually spread out amidst the vibrations, reaching the depths of the dense fog.

Oregana let go of the joystick, she leaned back on the driver's seat, took out drinking water from the side and took a few sips:

"It's troublesome..."

[Indeed, I really didn't expect to encounter such a thing. 】

"The sample box we brought was too small..."

【Hey! ! 】

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Chapter 1092 Chapter 124: Mirage Seal

With the dark worm as the center, a large number of "giant earthworms" spread out to a distance of several hundred kilometers around. This formation can make people exclaim in surprise——

"Oh wow... our sample box is too small."

"Do you still want to take all these things back!"

"After boarding the boat, we want to eat a bowl of ramen."

"You can still eat after seeing this kind of thing!"

"Put these gossips aside first." Oregana waved her hand, took out the hilt of her lightsaber, gestured at the 'earthworm' in the distance twice, and then showed a distressed expression, "There is no way to pick it like this." , we need bigger equipment."

It looked like some kind of creature, but it couldn't have been native or something that had evolved naturally afterwards.First of all, creatures with complex neural structures have been killed by the halo long ago, and in a mere 10 years, it is absolutely impossible for creatures to evolve from simple multicellular creatures to this level... But if it is related to the dark worm The relationship is not necessarily so.

The picture of gastrulation organisms kicking and smashing the DNA difference between organisms is still vivid... It really took them only a dozen or 20 years to complete a thing of the same level as Aldebaran.If the local organisms are relatively simple, it is not incomprehensible for the organisms affected by the dark worm virus to advance towards a specific method by leaps and bounds, and finally toss out a large array of super giant earthworms.

[Should we use probe detection? ] Liu Lizi asked on the boat.

Investigating with probes is also routine if the target is too large to collect a sample easily.Through the penetrating probe, the nano-robots are injected into large organisms, and thus the internal circulation structure, nervous system and other data of the other party can be obtained.For super-large creatures, the penetration of the probe will not cause particularly large damage, and even the wound is so small that it will not cause pain. It is a reliable investigation method that coexists radical and peaceful.

"Then do it."

Oregana nodded, she took off the three-round magazine equipped with a 380mm penetration probe on the side of her waist, stuck it into the multi-function launcher on the side of her feet, and assumed a shooting posture.

【Shoot directly like this? 】

"There is no problem of missing the shot, the drone has already taken pictures, and it will be everywhere in the first ten kilometers." She controlled the angle of the launcher and adjusted it to the maximum range. "Launch!"

The rocket propulsion engine was activated, and the three probes pulled out a long tail flame and flew into the air, before disappearing into the mist.But the sensors still show their position—in order to minimize the impact and protect the warhead and the target, the flying speed of this probe is controlled at about 200 meters per second, and it will even slow down by spraying compressed air forward when it lands, yes One of the slowest probes produced by Consolidation.

After nearly 2 minutes of flight, a support was opened behind the probe piercing part, just like the solar sail used by the spacecraft.This is not to slow down, but to ensure that 'only needle sticks' enter the target.The airflow flows out along the predetermined notch on the bracket, keeping the entire missile body stable during the final fall while reducing the speed, and finally plunges into the body of an 'earthworm'.

The 'needle' passed through the hardened epidermis and completely submerged into the body of the 'earthworm', and the umbrella-shaped support ensured that only the front piercing part penetrated into the target's body, and a large number of nanomachines were injected into it immediately according to the predetermined procedure—just like Ao Lei As Janna said, there is no possibility of missing shots here at all. There are layers of earthworms all over the ground.

Even if they were pricked, they just trembled.It looks like a crape myrtle that has been touched, it can't stop shaking when touched...

By the way, it’s probably common knowledge that Lagerstroemia is also known as Itchy Tree... Ever since Oregana knew this, every time she saw Erkang’s face, she would automatically imagine him stretching out his hand and shouting, ‘Lagerstroemia!Don't shake! 'The picture of ghosts and animals. (far eye)

Because after the probe was hit, the extra thought threads were freed up, Oregana naturally began to brainstorm Shu Fangzhai rose from this black land, the fifth elder brother Yongqi... Chagatai Ke Khan and the twelfth elder brother Yongxi... Angron opened the door and walked in together, the corners of his mouth began to rise crazily.

【Boss, your emotional curve is intensifying, what blasphemy are you thinking about? 】

"Don't talk nonsense, we didn't." She waved her hand, "Have you read the data?"

Unless it is the most serious time of war, the skull maker's head is dealing with the government affairs of the Ministry of Consolidation and other serious business, which only takes up 76% to [-]% of his brain power, and the rest is all blasphemy stuff that is too embarrassing to say it. When this guy shows a disgusting smile that she can't understand, most of the things in her head will scare people.So Liu Lizi didn't continue to ask, she connected the communication to [-]:

"Sir, have you read the data over there?"

"Don't call me the officer in the future, call me Elder Sister Alfred!"

"Meow?!"

Not caring about the leopard's blank face, 76 crossed his legs and operated smoothly on the operation panel with both hands.As expected, the nanomachines read the energy response and signal transmission in the 'earthworm' body, and then called out similar data from previous years from the database to find out the most similar ones for detailed analysis-in the early years, no large database and corresponding data were established. When the biological research system was established, everything started from scratch, and there was almost no reference. The research at that time was completely piled up with guesswork and a large number of verification tests, but now, with sufficient data accumulation, everything is become efficient and convenient.

As expected, the comparison results came out quickly, but the results exceeded the original expectations.

Seeing that strange result, 76 blinked and said:

"This is the neural signal transmission method of the dark worm." Her voice carried an attitude that was not easy to question. "This is not an evolved creature at all... They are a form of existence of the dark worm itself!"

【what? !You mean...] Oregana glanced blankly at the vast number of 'earthworms' covering the ground [This thing that looks like a raw material for bamboo shoots is a dark worm? 】

【Hey Hey hey!Don't compare this with the asparagus! 】

It seemed that someone was protesting weakly, but 76 didn't take him to heart at all:

"There is no doubt. This is the nervous system of the dark worm."

She looked at the data line by line seriously, and her hands kept moving. A young girl emerged from the shadow behind her, respectfully put a cigarette into her mouth, and took out an elegant lighter to light it up.This girl has brown eyes and yellow hair, with a round bun tied with a ribbon on her head. She is wearing a black and brown bell-shaped skirt that makes her lower body look fatter. She looks docile like a daughter leaning against a loving father.

'Oriental Spider' is the plague messenger who follows 76.In addition to the ability of Nurgle Demon itself, he also has the ability to stand with the spirit behind and a certain fire demon to turn any place into Vietnam.I usually follow 76, and I also have a job in the epidemic prevention department of the Ministry of Integration. My hobby is to stay up late and knit sweaters with my own silk.

After finishing the work in hand, she disappeared into the shadows again, and at the moment of her disappearance, it seemed that eight long legs with sharp jointed limbs could be seen.

"Basically every item can be matched, which is completely in line with our records." 76 took a puff of smoke and grabbed the cigarette with the tentacles growing from his back. His posture was like that of Doctor Octopus who had a bad relationship with spiders. "But The scale of the neural network is much larger than that of the general heavy aircraft carrier class, although it is far from reaching the level of the mother ship class."

Oregana tried to get close to the nearest 'earthworm'. The other party did have the ability to detect, but basically it was an earthworm-level reaction, even less active than earthworms-they detected the position of the vibration, twisted to avoid the vibration, When it is away from the vibration, it will no longer move, and it looks like an energy-saving mode.

"But... why? Why did the dark worm become like this?"

This is definitely not when the dark worm fell to the ground and broke its shell, and as a result, all the contents inside leaked out all over the place. First of all, the nervous system of the dark worm was not like this when it was in the body—they It is distributed all over the body in a net shape, and it is hard to imagine that it will become like this.This can't be caused by direct physical impact or other natural phenomena, but comes from the self-influence of the dark worm's ability.

This is what it wants to be, but why?